"We will continue to approach and handle China-US relations based on the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation," foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told a regular briefing.

Ambassadors presented various fields of cooperation such as agriculture, electric vehicles, investment and sustainable energy.

His exuberant speech came despite the fact that only Fox News had declared him the winner, with no other US networks having made the call so far.

US media have thus far projected that Trump has won in more than half of the 50 US states, including three key battlegrounds Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, two of which voted Democratic in the last election.

Republicans also won several races that could allow them to expand their 220-212 majority in the House of Representatives, though the final outcome may not be known for days.

Trump's early wins included the predictably Republican Florida and Texas while Harris won California, giving Trump 227 electoral votes and Harris 172. The magic number to win the presidency is 270.

Once practiced throughout Europe, the custom of shrimp-fishing on horseback has all but died out, with a community of enthusiasts has kept the flame going in a Belgium coastal town, earning a spot on UNESCO's intangible heritage list

Thousands of volunteers of all ages, walks of life and different nationalities showed up on Friday in Spain's eastern Valencia region to help with clean-up efforts after catastrophic floods that have killed at least 205 people.

Torrential rains that began at the start of the week sparked flooding that has left at least 95 people dead, the deadliest such disaster in the western European country since 1973.

Scholz in the interview reaffirmed his stance that the Ukraine-Russia conflict must not escalate into a direct war between Russia and NATO. 

Some 119,000 children in the north are awaiting their second dose of polio vaccinations, while 452,000 have been vaccinated in central and southern Gaza.

Speaking on stage at an investment conference in Riyadh, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said Israeli actions in northern Gaza could only be described as a form a genocide that was feeding a cycle of violence.

The bombing came with Israel facing an international backlash after its parliament voted overwhelmingly to ban UNRWA, the main United Nations aid agency working with Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.